Chair with attached table



Nov. 30, 195 HOFFMANN 3,220,765

CHAIR WITH ATTACHED TABLE Filed Dec. 7. 1964 Dnwb H H United StatesPatent 3,220,765 CHAIR WITH ATTACHED TABLE David Holfmann, 21 BradfordRoad, Redford :View,

.iohannesburg, Transvaal, Republic of South Africa Filed Dec. 7, 1964,Ser. No. 416,553 Claims priority, appiieation Republic of South Africa,

June 14, 1964, 64/369 3 Claims. ((11. 297-124) This invention relates toa chair, having a table attached to it.

The object of this invention is to provide a chair with an attachedtable, said table being capable of swinging downwardly to form a backrest for a person sitting on the chair, or of being raised to ahorizontal position for use as a table in front of, or to either side ofthe sitter on the chair.

In accordance with this invention there is provided a chair without armshaving one fixed vertical extension of the chair frame supporting apivoted flat member adapted, when in one position, to form a back forthe chair and in a second position, forming an attached table.

Further features of the invention provide for the chair to be foldablehaving a frame consisting of a pair of relatively straight top invertedU-shaped members having their sides connected crosswise to form fourlegs, with a flexible seat attached to and between the said tops, withan extension projecting vertically from a top of one member, and havinga horizontal extension supporting the said pivoted fiat member, and aspring catch for holding said flat member in a position for use as atable.

In the accompanying drawings a preferred example of the invention isillustrated.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 shows the chair with a back rest,

FIG. 2 is similar to FIG. 1 but showing the back rest turned to act as atable,

FIG. 3 shows the chair folded,

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the back of the back rest or underside ofthe table, and

FIG. 5 indicates the positions of the locking pin for the table.

In the drawings the frame of the chair is shown as consisting of a pairof inverted U-shaped members 11 and 12 having the sides thereof pivotedat 13 and 14 in a crosswise manner so that the chair can be folded oropened as shown to provide four legs.

One of the frame members 11 is extended to provide the vertical member15 which is bent to provide a horizontal support 16. Hinged or pivotedon 16 is a fiat member 17 which in FIG. 1 hangs substantially verticalfrom 16 and forms a back for the chair.

In FIG. 2 the flat member 17 has been turned to be fixed temporarilysubstantially horizontally and to form an attached table or arm for thechair.

In FIG. 4 is shown a convenient form of pivot hinge and catch for theflat member 17. The back of 17 is shown in FIG. 4 and the verticalmember 15 and the horizontal supporting member 16 are shown. Members 18are brackets secured to the back of 17 and member 19 is a sleeve securedto brackets 18 and slipped over support member 16.

Disc 20 is secured to 16 and 21 is a compression spring located betweena washer 28 and disc 21 at one end of 16. Member 22 is a pin secured toa bracket 18 and, due to spring 21, is pressed against disc 23. In FIG.5 the position of pin 22 is indicated at 24 when fiat member 17 15vertical, and when it is horizontal the P111 22 Wlll be as 7 shown in ahole 25.

3,229,765 Patented Nov. 30, 1965 By gripping 15 and pressing fiat member17 in the direction of the arr-ow 26 the pin 22 will be pushed out ofthe hole 25 and thus allow the member 17 to be rotated.

In FIG. 3 the chair is shown folded for transport. It will be observedthat the U-shamd member 12 of the chair frame is longer than the member11 to which it is attached at 13 and 14. The legs 27 when under thetable 17 as shown in FIG. 2 make a firmer support for the table and, atthe same time, when the table 17 is turned downwardly to form a back, asin FIG. 1 the longer legs 27 prevent the sitter from tipping backwardly.

The frame of the chair comprising the straight topped inverted U-shapemembers 11 and 12 is made preferably from suitable metal tubing,generally aluminum.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A chair and table combination having front and back inverted U-shapedsupports connected together at substantially the midportions thereof andwith upper front and rear portions forming support means for a seatmounting and with a seat thereon, and the lower portions forming frontand back legs therefor, one only of said legs having an integral rigidextension projecting upwardly considerably beyond the seat, said rigidextension having a right angle bend portion at its upper endsubstantially parallel with said upper rear portion of the said backsupport and forming a horizontal support, a combined back rest and tablemember rotatably mounted on said horizontal support with the plane ofsaid member substantially parallel to said horizontal support and withsaid support terminating short of an edge of the said member,cooperative means between said horizontal support and said back rest andtable member permitting said member to be rotated and held in either oftwo operative positrons, 111 one of which positions the member issubstantially vertical for functioning as a back rest and in another ofwhich positions the member is substantially horizontal for serving as atable.

2. The invention as defined by claim 1, wherein the said front and backlegs forming said lower portions of the said supports are in crossedrelation and the midportion connections are pivotal, and the said seatis flexible whereby to facilitate folding the chair.

3. The invention as defined by claim 1, wherein said cooperative meansembodies a sleeve secured to the back of the back rest and table memberand having said horizontal support extending therethrough, and the saidsleeve being axially shiftable on said support for facilitating the saidholding of the member in either of the said two operative positions.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS D. 176,648 1/1956Wilson 297-124 X 672,573 4/1901 Sidway 108-8 1,867,763 7/1932 Rose 108-82,609,938 9/1952 Wells 108-8 X 2,702,584 2/1955 Williams et a1. 297-124FOREIGN PATENTS 535,288 10/ 1931 Germany.

3,057 1965 Great Britain. 24,1918 1909 Great Britain. 521,087 5/ 1940Great Britain. 520,554 3/1955 Italy. 328,701 8/ 1958 Switzerland.

FRANK B. SHERRY, Primary Examiner.

1. A CHAIR AND TABLE COMBINATION HAVING FRONT AND BACK INVERTED U-SHAPEDSUPPORTS CONNECTED TOGETHER AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE MIDPORTIONS THEREOF ANDWITH UPPER FRONT AND REAR PORTIONS FORMING SUPPORT MEANS FOR A SEATMOUNTING AND WITH A SEAT THEREON, AND THE LOWER PORTIONS FORMING FRONTAND BACK LEGS THEREFOR, ONE ONLY OF SAID LEGS HAVING AN INTEGRAL RIGIDEXTENSION PROJECTING UPWARDLY CONSIDERABLY BEYOND THE SEAT, SAID RIGIDEXTENSION HAVING A RIGHT ANGLE BEND PORTION AT ITS UPPER ENDSUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL WITH SAID UPPER REAR PORTION OF THE SAID BACKSUPPORT AND FORMING A HORIZONTAL SUPPORT, A COMBINED BACK REST AND TABLEMEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORT WITH THE PLANE OFSAID MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORT AND WITHSAID SUPPORT TERMINATING SHORT OF AN EDGE OF THE SAID MEMBER,COOPERATIVE MEANS BETWEEN SAID HORIZONTAL SUPPORT AND SAID BACK REST ANDTABLE MEMBER PERMITTING SAID MEMBER TO BE ROTATED AND HELD IN EITHER OFTWO OPERATIVE POSITIONS, IN ONE OF WHICH POSITIONS THE MEMBER ISSUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL FOR FUNCTIONING AS A BACK REST AND IN ANOTHER OFWHICH POSITIONS THE MEMBER IS SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL FOR SERVING AS ATABLE.